Presentation Center Welcome Center (Los Gatos, CA) [LEED-NC Gold]
A new 10, 170 square-foot straw bale welcome center and dining facility for the Presentation Center includes a kitchen and three dining areas with enough room to serve 200. The facility includes photovoltaics, solar thermal, straw-bale construction, a living roof, graywater use for landscaping, and extensive use of recycled construction materials.
Results include LEED-NC Gold [pdf], 50% reduction in energy consumption and 30% reduction in water consumption.
